The Copse of Trees

The Copse of Trees is a forest in , . The Copse of Trees is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cemetery Hill and Adams County Courthouse.

Peak
is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive "fish-hook" line, the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery.

Courthouse
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The is located in . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1974.

Cemetery
Photo: Henryhartley, Public domain.
, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in , created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gettysburg and Little Round Top.

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, in Adams County in , goes down in history as the battlefield in the Civil War where, despite terrible tragedy and loss of life, there was hope for the Union.

Locality
is the smaller of two rocky hills south of —the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named . It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Devil's Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

The Copse of Trees

Latitude
39.8125° or 39° 48′ 45″ north
Longitude
-77.2359° or 77° 14′ 9″ west
Open location code
87F4RQ67+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 794649329
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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